Loneliness, exchange orientation, and reciprocity in friendships

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18993307
AutoresBram P Buunk (University of Groningen, autor de correspondencia), Karin Simone Prins (University of Groningen)
Año1998
Volumen5
Número1
Páginas1-14
Fecha de publicación1998-03-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPersonal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1350-4126 • E-ISSN: 1475-6811
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-6811.1998.tb00156.x
OpenAlexW2099845231
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas22
Referencias citadas30

Guided by equity theory, this study among 185 Dutch students explored the effects of exchange orientation and reciprocity in the relationship with the best friend upon loneliness. Reciprocity was in general more common in this relationship than feeling advantaged or deprived. The association between reciprocity and loneliness was as predicted on the basis of equity theory: Those feeling deprived as well as those feeling advantaged in the relationship with the best friend reported much more loneliness than those perceiving reciprocity in terms of giving and receiving help. The association between reciprocity and loneliness was especially pronounced among those high in overbenefitting exchange orientation, but not among those high in underbenefitting exchange orientation. However, more loneliness was found among those high in underbenefitting exchange orientation, independent of the degree of reciprocity in the relationship with the best friend. The effects of lack of reciprocity and exchange orientation upon loneliness remained the same when self‐esteem was included as a covariate

Friendship · Geometry · Loneliness · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Cultural Differences and Values · Mathematics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology